# Task

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Task and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A make-like task runner for scripts in non-C projects, praised for being cross-platform, intuitive and a real help in daily command-line work.

## Why people recommend it

- Make alternative for project scripts (3 comments): "It is like make but designed specifically for the way non-C(++) users - people like me for example adding scripts like "make run" and "make build" to my node/python/PHP/etc repos - use it. It is great!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923491)) "Let me introduce you to a few of my friends: Make, Task, Dagu, Windmill, Rivet, Inngest" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117917)) "Let me introduce you to a few of my friends: Make, Task, Dagu" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117960))
- Intuitive and a CLI game changer (2 comments): "it's been a game changer for my CLI life" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923397)) "infinitely more intuitive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48666888))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [just command runner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/just.md): 32 recommend
- [comma by nix-community](https://hackerapproved.com/p/comma.md): 7 recommend
- [Make.ts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/make-ts.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Task", https://hackerapproved.com/p/task/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).